History of Islamic Philosophy

Oliver Leaman, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Oliver Leaman, Seyyed Hossein Nasr

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000159028
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Islamic philosophy has often been treated as being largely of historical interest, belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophical study. This volume successfully overturns that view. Emphasizing the living nature and rich diversity of the subject, it examines the main thinkers and schools of thought, discusses the key concepts of Islamic philosophy and covers a vast geographical area. This indispensable reference tool includes a comprehensive bibliography and an extensive index.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on contributors
• Preface
• Transliteration and style
• Introduction
• Introduction
• I Religious, intellectual and cultural context
• II Early Islamic philosophers in the East
• III Islamic philosophers in the Western lands of Islam
• IV Philosophy and the mystical tradition
• V Later Islamic philosophy
• VI The Jewish philosophical tradition in the Islamic cultural world
• VII Philosophy and its parts
• VIII Later transmission and interpretation
• IX Islamic philosophy in the modern Islamic world
• X Interpretation of Islamic philosophy in the West
• XI Bibliography